Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-13
PERSONALITIES,

L RESID6NI mCCOSH ~ SdlQ 10 pos
sess large fortune.
The Hon. Joseph E. Choate now
occupies his new antique house at
stockbridge, Mass.
JOHN DONAGHUE, the Boston sculp-
tor, Is making q new life-sized statue
Of John l.. Sullivan.
A MONUMENT has been erected by
the heirs of Leopold Won Ranke at the
great historians birthplace.
THERE is g. plan afoot to build in
Philadelphia e. memorial church in
honor of the late Bishop Stevens.
ELIZABETH GARRETT, the unmarried
sister of the president of the Baltimore
& Ohio, is said to have the neat little
sum of $2O,OOO,OOO at her command,
and this is increasing rapidly.
THROUGHOUT England and even in
Parliament Mr.. Parnell 8 name isusual-
ly spoken as in this country, with the
accent on the second syllable. But he
and his closest friends accent it prop
erly on the first syllable.
Miss MARIA MITCHELL, the astrono-
mer, was the daughter of small
farmer in Nantucket, who was obliged
to exc out his income by teaching
school at So per week. Maria was
constantly occupied with household
duties.
Ex-VICE PRESIDENT HANNIBAL HAM
LIN, who will be 78 in August, assures
his friends that he feels like a healthy
man Of so, and is constantly counting
back under vague feeling that mis-
take has been made in estimating his
years.
| MRS. RICHARD III. DANA, who was
Miss Edith Longfellow, and Mrs. Jo-
eeph G. Thorpe, who was Miss Anna
Allegro Longfellow, both daughters of
the poet, are building houses on his
former estate, which they will occupy
when finished.
PROF. TYNDALL gives this explana-
ton why so many eminent scholars
have turned against Mr.. Gladstone.
TRAINED" he says, sin the veracities
OF nature they have small tolerance
for the sophistries of che English
Home Rule leader"
EDITOR WILLIAM O'BRIEN, the agi-
tator, has his little romance. In the
early days of his journalistic career in
| Dublin he married a soubrette at one
Of the theaters. The result was not
happy; they proved uncongenial and
separated. Being a Catholic there is
no divorce for him.
MRS. MARK HOPKINS, the widow of
the late ex-president of Williams Col
lege, was Miss Mary Hubbell, of
Williamstown. The married life Of the
couple dates from 1882, the golden
wedding having been celebrated five
years ago. Four sons and three
daughters are still living.
IT was the late Granville Moody,
the "Fighting Parson," who, at the
battle Of Stone River rode along his
lines, shouting: "Give 'em hell, boys;
give 'em hell in the name of God and
your country" but the pious old man
always insisted afterward that what
he really said was, "Give 'em Hail
Columbia
CANON WHEREFORE says that he
came to America to see q humming
biro. Having gratifed that curiosity
he is preparing to start Westward to
see a humming town. He will find it in
this latitude on the Kansas line.
There is great variety of hummers
in this glorious country Kansas
City Times.
ROBERT GARRETT has given an order
to Story, the sculptor, for copy of
his Lincoln statue of George Peabody,
to be placed in front of the Garrett
mansion in Baltimore. The statue is
to be of marble, fifteen feet high, and
will represent the eminent philanthro-
pist standing erect, dressed in the
odd-fashioned cravat and folding
frock coat.
MRS. ANNIE RoUsH, of Parkersburg,
W. Va, has Just celebrated her CEN
tennial. She was married at the age
of Is, was the mother OF thirteen
children, eight of whom are living.
Her Oldest grandchild is 62 years old
and the creator of five generations.
Mrs. Roush is the ancestress Of six
generations, has ifty-two great-great-
grandchildren, and over 600 descend
ants living.
FREDERICK III. RNDGE, who has
given new public library to Cam
bridge, Mass, worth $125,OOO, was
a member of the class of TO at Harv-
ard. Until tine past few years he and
his father, Samuel Fl. Rindge, have lived
in Cambridge. They are now citizens
of California. F. FL. Rindge has been
visiting Cambridge recently, and there
learned that the library of 10000
volumes needed new accommoda-
tions.
SINCE the publication of an item to
the effect that q man named Kansas
Nebraska Bill lives in Connecticut it is
learned that he has brother who
bears the imposing title of Lecompton
Constitution Bill The father, it will
be assumed, was largely in politics a
quarter OF century ago. The nomen-
clature possibilities of this family are
well-nigh inexhaustible. Interstate
commerce Bill would be g. striking
name for one of the younger genera
ton OF Bills. Ii shorter title is re-